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Atlantic City Casinos Lose Cash Live But Not Online
Atlantic City's network of live casinos suffered another downswing in October according to the latest results released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). Breaking down the latest financial happenings inside AC's brick and mortar gaming venues, the DGE's report...
Fontainebleau Resort Goes on the Market for $650 Million
Fontainebleau, the big, ambitious $3 billion Vegas Strip megaresort that never was, is up for sale. Carl Icahn, the billionaire corporate raider who rescued the unfinished project from bankruptcy in 2010, is asking $650 million for the property, according to CBRE Group,...
Texas Governor Slams State Regulator’s Online Gambling Ambitions
Texas officials must cease their line of inquiry into legalizing online gambling, Governor Greg Abbot said this week. In a letter to the Chairman of the Texas Gambling Commission, Abbot said that a state prohibition on gambling expansion is in place to...
Global Poker Index and USA TODAY Sports Partner to “Sportify” Game
The Global Poker Index (GPI) and USA TODAY Sports Media Group are joining strengths in a shared mission to "sportify" the game of poker and revolutionize how it's played. Acquired by Internet entrepreneur Alexandre Dreyfus in 2012 under his Mediarex sports and...
DFS Could be Outlawed By DOJ By End of Year As Rumors Swirl
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) could soon be declared illegal at the federal level by the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to a Washington DC-based unnamed source who spoke to The New York Post this week. In mid-October, it was reported by The...
Caesars Reports Mixed Third Quarter Results, WSOP TV Ratings Also Mixed
Caesars Acquisition Company (CAC), the investment arm in Caesars Growth Partners (CGP), released its third quarter revenues for 2015 and the results are mixed. The parent company to Caesars Interactive Entertainment, the World Series of Poker and several casinos including Planet Hollywood,...
MLB Strikes Deal With Anti-Match-Fixing Integrity Firm in a First for US Sports
Major League Baseball has become the first US sports league to employ a sports integrity monitor to guard against match-fixing. The league announced this week that it had inked a multi-year deal with London-based firm SportIM for an undisclosed amount of money....
Controversial Connecticut Casino Expansion Kicks into Gear, Receives Five Site Proposals
A planned Connecticut casino expansion on the state's northern border is progressing, despite a lawsuit by MGM Resorts that's seeking to snuff it out completely. Connecticut’s Mashantucket Pequots and Mohegan tribes, which will operate the venture jointly should it go ahead, announced...
Daily Fantasy Sports Declared Illegal by New York Attorney General
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) is no longer legal in New York following an investigation by the state's lead legal attorney, market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel both receiving cease-and-desist letters on Tuesday. "Our investigation has found that, unlike traditional fantasy sports, daily fantasy...
Joe McKeehen Takes Down WSOP Main Event Final Table in Dominant Fashion, Wins $7.6 Million as New Poker Champ
Joe McKeehen is the last man standing. 6,420 players ponied up $10,000 in cash back in July to enter the 2015 WSOP Main Event. After 10 days of competition, McKeehen had every last chip in play and is now officially the 2015...
